Personal Velocity

Miller, Rebecca

£8.99

Rebecca Miller’s collection of short stories covers many themes: sexuality, compromise, fate, motherhood, infidelity, being single, wanting to be single, age, class, desperation and an overriding will to survive.

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Publish Date: 02/07/2009

Description

‘An excellent book’ Guardian
‘Compelling’ Independent

The vibrantly fresh and lustrous stories in Miller’s collection explore the multifaceted lives of women in seven arresting portraits. Modern and diverse, these women of different classes and ages struggle with sexuality, fate, motherhood, infidelity, desperation, and an overriding will to survive.

We meet Greta, a cookbook editor who is chosen by Tavi, the hottest writer of his generation, to edit his new book; Paula, a pregnant twenty-one-year-old, who is on the run; Delia, an abused working-class wife who goes into hiding with her children; and Louisa, a painter who moves rapidly from one lover to the next, acting out a self-perpetuating drama over which she has no control.

Edgy, fearless, and beautifully spare, Personal Velocity is a superb collection from one of the best writers in contemporary fiction.

Additional information

Weight 151 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 14 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

204

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.6 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K